face – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of face

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to face
Participle: faced
Gerund: facing

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive

Indicative

Present

Iface
thouface(e)st
he;she;itfaceth; faces
weface
yeface
theyface

Preterit (Past)

Ifaced
thoufaced(e)st
he;she;itfaced
wefaced
yefaced
theyfaced

Subjunctive

Present

Iface
thouface
he;she;itface
weface
yeface
theyface

Preterit (Past)

Ifaced
thoufaced(e)st
he;she;itfaced
wefaced
yefaced
theyfaced

Imperative

thouface
yeface

Notes:

  • Compound forms (perfect, pluperfect) are formed either with 'have' or 'be'.
  • Future is formed as in modern English, with auxiliary 'will'.
  • Conditional is formed as in modern English, with auxiliary 'would'.
  • Continuous forms are formed with auxiliary 'be' and gerund. Sometimes the gerund is preceded by 'a-'
  • Plural forms in present lost the '-en' ending, and was used only as a stylistic affectation to indicate rural or old-fashioned speech.